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Nick rushes over to a small patch of land and begins to

SHOVE the spikes into the muddy earth.

NICK:

..."The sun's in my heart and I'm

ready for love..."

Once firmly in the ground, he rushes back over to the

van and pops the hood.

CLOSE - VAN'S ENGINE

We SEE the steaming engine and a large electric car

BATTERY.

NICK:

..."Let the cloudy skies chase..."

He attaches the cables to the battery and they SPARK!

Nick YELPS and jumps back. Shaking off the shock, he

rushes back over to the mud pit, dropping down to his

knees.

Suddenly, raising from the mud we see DOZENS OF

EARTHWORMS. Excitedly Tatopoulos grabs a big empty glass

jar and begins filling the jar with worms, happily in

his element.

NICK:

..."I'm singin' in the mud, just

scooping up my worms..."

Unable to hear over his Walkman, he is oblivious as an

enormous RUSSIAN MILITARY HELICOPTER lands right behind

him.

From the intense wind kicked up by the helicopter,

Tatopoulos finally turns in time to see several RUSSIAN

OFFICERS coming toward him. Nick scrambles to his feet.

NICK:

(broken Russian)

Good day. I am here with

permission...I have a, a...

(in English)

Permit. How do you say permit?

He goes through his pockets looking for his permits.

MALE VOICE (O.S.)

Dr. Nick Topopolosis?

Tatopoulos looks up as the Russian soldiers move past

him and over towards his cases of equipment. A man in a

long raincoat comes forward.

NICK:

It's Tatopoulos.

TERRINGTON:

The worm guy, right?

(extending his hand as he

approaches)

Kyle Terrington, U.S. State

Department.

The Russian soldiers close up his equipment and take it

off to the Helicopter.

NICK:

What are they doing?

TERRINGTON:

You've been reassigned.

NICK:

You can't shut me down now! My

research here's not finished!

TERRINGTON:

It is now.

CUT TO:

12 EXT. PAPEETE - TAHITI - STREET - DAY12

Coastal town of Papeete, Tahiti. With the ocean in the

distance, through the heat waves we SEE a row of

official looking black sedans coming toward us.

13 EXT. PAPEETE HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS - DAY13

The doors to the sedans open as a group of very official

looking Government types. Stopping to light his

cigarette is PHILLIP RAYMOND, 40's, intense, dangerous

and worst of all...French.

14 INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER - DAY14

Raymond leads the official looking group down the hall.

A BRIEFING OFFICER rushes over. (The following dialog is

entirely in French with subtitles)

BRIEFING OFFICER

The Japanese consulate has been

calling and we've been getting

pressure from the Americans.

RAYMOND:

What did you tell them?

BRIEFING OFFICER

Nothing yet.

RAYMOND:

Are there any other survivors?

BRIEFING OFFICER

Only one, Sir. He was very lucky.

The group arrives at a door at the end of the hall. The

Briefing Officer opens the door.

RAYMOND'S P.O.V. - THROUGH OPEN DOOR

In the corner of the large room we see the old Cook from

the tanker curled up in the fetal position. The doctors

and a few nurses are attending to him.

RAYMOND:

Get them out of there.

Two of the Officials move in and escort the Doctors and

Nurses out of the room. Raymond nods to two other

Officials who begin to unpack some recording equipment,

including a video camera.

15 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - SAME15

Raymond enters and moves close to the old Cook, kneeling

down in front of him, inspecting his distant glare. The

old Cook seems to be in a world of his own, rocking back

and forth. Raymond nods to another Official who comes

forward.

RAYMOND:

(in French)

Ask him what happened.

The Second Official ask him in Japanese, but the old

Cook does not respond. He asks again but the old Cook

seems to be in a world of his own.

BRIEFING OFFICER

(in English)

It's no use. He's been like this since

we fished him out of the ocean.

Whatever happened to that tanker put

him in a complete state of shock.

Raymond takes out his lighter and ignites it on high.

The old Cook's eyes slowly come back to life, transfixed

by the fire. Slowly he brings the flame close to the old

Cook's face.

RAYMOND:

(in English)

What did you see, old man?

Drawn out of himself by the flame...

OLD COOK:

(weakly)

Gojira...Gojira...

Raymond shoots a look at the Second Official for an

explanation.

SECOND OFFICIAL:

(in English)

I have no idea what he is saying.

OLD COOK:

(stronger)

...Gojira!...Gojira!...GOJIRA!!

CUT TO:

16 EXT. GULF OF DEN SAN MIGUEL, PANAMA - DAY16

A small sea plane flies over this jungle region of

Panama, darting up the Gulf into the lush greenery of

the countryside.

Super:
Guilfo de San Miguel, Panama - 45 km outside

of La Paz

Slowly the plane begins to descend, landing by a small

village.

17 EXT. VILLAGE FISHING DOCK - MOMENTS LATER - DAY17

Several soldiers unload Nick's cargo as he steps out of

the plane onto the dock. As he walks towards shore he

SEES...

NICK'S P.O.V. - POLICE BARRICADE

Dozens of citizens as well as the press are gathered at

a police barricade; their access to the village denied.

Panamanian Police and U.S. military working together to

keep people out.

Marching up the shore to greet Nick is MAJOR TONY HICKS,

30's, efficient, who is spearheading this operation.

MAJOR HICKS:

Dr. Niko Topopolosis?

NICK:

(correcting)

It's Tatopoulos.

MAJOR HICKS:

Right. The worm guy.

(to guards at blockade)

Can someone get those people off the

beach?

NICK:

Excuse me, would you mind telling me

what the hell I'm doing here?

MAJOR HICKS:

Follow me.

The Major leads Nick up the beach away from the crowds.

NICK:

You didn't answer my question. In

fact, for the last 18 hours no one has

answered any of my questions.

MAJOR HICKS:

We have a situation on our hands that

requires your particular expertise.

ANGLE - DESTROYED VILLAGE HUT

Several soldiers and researchers are investigating the

site when Nick and the Major walk past.

NICK:

Look, I may work for the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission but accidents

and spills are not my field.

MAJOR HICKS:

We know.

Major Hicks motions to some guards who clear a blockade

away from a jungle pathway. Major Hicks takes the

pathway.

NICK:

Do you know that you just interrupted

a three year study of the Chernobyl

earthworm?

MAJOR HICKS:

Yeah, you're the worm guy.

NICK:

The radioactive contamination in that

area altered the earthworm's DNA! You

have any idea what that means?

MAJOR HICKS:

No, but I have the feeling I'm about

to find out.

NICK:

It means that due to a man made

accident the Chernobyl earthworms are

now over seventeen percent larger than

they were before. Mutated by seventeen

percent?

Major Hicks stops, turns to Nick.

MAJOR HICKS:

(bemused)

Seventeen percent, huh? Sounds big.

NICK:

They're enormous! A new species

created by man's recklessness. That's

what I've been trying to tell you, I'm

only a biologist. I take radioactive

samples and study them.

MAJOR HICKS:

Then you're perfect.

(pointing to the ground)

Here's your radioactive sample. Study

it.

With that Major Hicks walks away.

NICK:

What sample?

MAJOR HICKS:

You're standing on it.

Nick looks down, sees nothing.

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